Preview // K-State Ends Homestand with Tulsa Monday Night

GAME 4

KANSAS STATE (3-0) VS. TULSA (3-0)

Monday, November 17, 2025  |  7:01 p.m., CT  |  Bramlage Coliseum (11,010)  |  Manhattan, Kan.

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RADIO

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LIVE STATS

COACHES

Record at K-State: 64-42/4th Year

Career Record: 66-42*/4th Year+

vs. Tulsa: 0-0

Tulsa: Eric Konkol [Wisconsin-Eau Claire ’00]

Record at Tulsa: 37-60/4th Year

Career Record: 190-135/11th Year

vs. K-State: 0-0

LAST GAME STARTERS:

K-State (3-0)

Tulsa (3-0)

G: #0 Ade Popoola

G: #10 Tylen Riley

G: #14 Miles Barnstable

F: #9 Tyler Behrend

F: #23 David Green

SERIES HISTORY

Overall: Tulsa leads 7-2

At Home: Tulsa leads 3-2

At Bramlage Coliseum: K-State leads 2-0

Active Streak: K-State, 1

First Meeting: Tulsa won 70-63 (12/4/1965)

Last Meeting: K-State won 69-67 (12/29/2019)

A K-STATE WIN WOULD…

• Make the Wildcats 4-0 for the first time since 2022-23.

• Move the Wildcats to 3-7 all-time vs. Tulsa.

• Give the Wildcats a 192-62 non-conference mark since 2006.

• Extend its home non-conference mark to 150-18 since 2006.

K-STATE ENDS HOMESTAND WITH TULSA MONDAY NIGHT

K-State (3-0) concludes its 4-game homestand to open the 2025-26 season by hosting Tulsa (3-0) on Monday night at Bramlage Coliseum. The game will tip off at 7:01 p.m., CT on ESPN+. This will pit two teams who are averaging 90 points per game.

This will be the 10th meeting between K-State and Tulsa, which dates back nearly 60 years when the Golden Hurricane defeated the Wildcats, 70-63, on Dec. 4, 1965. Tulsa leads the all-time series, 7-2, but K-State snapped a 3-game skid with a 69-67 win at home in the last meeting on Dec. 29, 2019.

Led by fourth-year head coach Eric Konkol, Tulsa is 3-0 after wins over Oklahoma Christian (100-57), Rhode Island (82-65) and Oral Roberts (88-87) to start the season. The Golden Hurricane are

averaging 90 points per game and are led by a trio of double-digit scorers in David Green (16.7 ppg.), Miles Barnestable (16.0 ppg.) and Tylen Riley (14.7 ppg.).

The game will also match junior P.J. Haggerty with his former school, where he became only the second freshman in Division I over the last 30-plus years to average at least 21.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals in 2023-24. He was selected as the Kyle Macy National Freshman of the Year and was the unanimous AAC Freshman of the Year. This will be his second meeting with his former school after scoring 23 points in an 83-71 win for Memphis last season.

LAST TIME OUT

• K-State scorched the nets in building as much as a 25-point lead before holding off a late charge from a hot-shooting California squad in a 99-96 win on Thursday to move to 3-0 to start a season for the first time since 2022-23. The 195 points are the most combined points in Bramlage Coliseum history, surpassing the 194 scored between K-State (106) and Marshall (88) on Dec. 2, 1995. 

• K-State posted the highest field goal percentage of the Jerome Tang era for the second straight game, as the Wildcats connected on 64.4 percent (38-of-59) from the field, including 50 percent (9-of-18) from 3-point range. It was the highest field goal percentage since hitting on 66.0 percent against Wake Forest in the First Four on March 14, 2017.
• Four Wildcats scored in double figures, including three 20-point scorers in Haggerty (23 points), senior Khamari McGriff (21 points) and senior Nate Johnson (20 points). It marked the first time three Wildcats each had 20 points in a game since the trio of Dean Wade (34 points), Kamau Stokes (23 points) and Barry Brown Jr. (21 points) did it against Iowa State on Dec. 29, 2017.

OFFENSE OFF TO HOT START

• K-State’s offense is off to a hot start, as the Wildcats lead the Big 12 in six offensive categories (scoring offense, field goal percentage, 3-point field goal percentage, 3-pointers/game, effective field goal percentage and assists/game). The Wildcats are first nationally in 3-point percentage.

• The Wildcats have now scored 90 or more points in each of the first 3 games for the first time since the 1991-92 season. The 290 points scored through the first 3 games are the most since that Dana Altman-led team scored 308 (103/90/115) nearly 34 years ago.

• According to @OptaStats, K-State is the first Big 12 team to start a season with consecutive games of at least 14 made 3-pointers and a 50.0 3-point percentage. The only other DI teams to do that in the last 30 seasons are North Florida in 2015-16 (also coached by associate head coach Matthew Driscoll) and Drake in 2017-18.

POINTS IN THE FIRST 3 GAMES

308, 1991-92 (103, 90 and 115 points)

290, 2025-26 (94, 98 and 99 points)

271, 1956-57 (97, 90 and 84 points)

271, 1997-98 (93, 89, and 89 points)

266, 2008-09 (96, 88 and 82 points)

HAGGERTY TOPS 1,500 POINTS

• Junior P.J. Haggerty became the 14th active Division I player to top 1,500 career points in the 99-96 win over Cal, as he led the Wildcats in scoring for the third straight game with 23 points on 7-of-12 field goals and 8-of-12 free throws in 34 minutes.

MOST POINTS THROUGH THE FIRST 3 GAMES

94, Bob Boozer, 1958-59

90, Michael Beasley, 2007-08

74, Dick Knostman, 1952-53

70, Willie Murrell, 1963-64

70, Cartier Martin, 2005-06

66, Mitch Richmond, 1987-88

63, Norris Coleman, 1985-86

62, Wally Frank, 1959-60

61, Bob Boozer, 1956-57

61, Mike Evans, 1977-78

57, Larry Dassie, 1976-77

20-POINT GAMES IN FIRST 3 GAMES

45, 28 and 21 points by Bob Boozer, 1958-59

21, 21 and 28 points by Willie Murrell, 1963-64

24, 22 and 24 points by Cartier Martin, 2005-06

32, 30 and 28 points by Michael Beasley, 2007-08

TRIO OF ‘CATS POST 20-POINT GAMES

• The trio is the first to each have 20-point games since Dean Wade (34 points), Kamau Stokes (23 points) and Barry Brown Jr. (21 points) did it against Iowa State on Dec. 29, 2017.

McGRIFF, CASTILLO GO PERFECT

• Two Wildcats – senior Khamari McGriff and sophomore David Castillo – each went perfect from the field, becoming the 24th and 25th players in school history to go perfect from the field on 5 or more field goals in the 98-71 win over Bellarmine on Nov. 8. They are the first teammates to accomplish the feat in the same game.

• Castillo scored a career-high 19 points on 7-of-7 shooting, including 5-of-5 from 3-point range, while McGriff totaled 16 points on 8-of-8 field goals. Castillo is just the eighth Wildcat to go 5-of-5 from beyond the arc, joining his high school coach Clent Stewart who was in attendance.

NOTES ON TULSA

• Led by fourth-year head coach Eric Konkol, Tulsa is off to a 3-0 start with a home win over Oklahoma Christian (100-57), a neutral site win over Rhode Island (82-65) and a road win at Oral Roberts (88-87). The Golden Hurricane return 4 players, including a starter in sophomore Ian Smikle from a squad that went 13-20 overall, including 6-12 in the American, in 2024-25. 

• Tulsa is averaging 90.0 points on 49.4 percent shooting, including 38.4 percent from 3-point range, while allowing 69.7 points on 42.6 percent shooting, including 35.1 percent from 3-point range. The Hurricane out-rebound their opponents, 43.7 to 25.0, and turn the ball over just 12.7 times per game. They are shooting 74.2 percent from the free throw line.

• The Hurricane are among the best rebounding teams in the country, ranking 11th in margin (+18.7) and 36th in offensive rebound/game (16.0) while they are terrific getting to the free throw line, ranking 16th in free throw attempts/game (32.3) and 17th in free throws made/game (24.0).

• Tulsa is a balanced team with 6 players averaging 8 or more points, including double-digit scorers in transfers David Green (Rhode Island), Miles Barnstable (St. Thomas) and Tylen Riley (Cal Baptist). Green (16.7 ppg.) and Barnstable (16.0 ppg.) are both averaging better than 16 points per game while connecting on better 50 percent from the field. Riley is averaging 14.7 points per game on 50 percent shooting. Barnstable and Riley have a team-high 9 assists each, while  Romad Dean and Ian Smikle are averaging a team-best 6.3 rebounds per game.

• The Hurricane were picked eighth in the 13-team preseason AAC poll by the league coaches. Memphis is the preseason favorite to win the league.

• Konkol is in his 11th season as a head coach, which includes a 7-year stint in guiding Louisiana Tech to 6 20-win seasons from 2015-22. He has a 190-135 record as a head coach, including a 37-60 mark at Tulsa. 

SERIES HISTORY

• Tulsa leads the series, 7-2, including 2-2 in games played in Manhattan. The Hurricane earned a 70-63 win in their first visit to Manhattan on Dec. 4, 1965 then again 66-63 on Dec. 7, 1968 before the Wildcats posted a 75-69 win on Dec. 14, 1989 and 69-67 in the last meeting on Dec. 29, 2019.

• K-State is 39-28 against teams from the American, including a 29-5 mark in games played at home. This is the first meeting at home with a current member of the AAC since a 55-50 win over Wichita State on Dec. 3, 2022.

ALL-TIME MEETINGS (2-7)

Date
Rank
Result
Score
Location

12/4/1965
10/—
L    
63-70
Manhattan

12/9/1967  
—/—
L
58-62
Tulsa

12/7/1968
—/—
L
63-66
Manhattan

12/9/1972
16/—
L
79-89
Tulsa

12/14/1989
—/—
W
75-69
Manhattan

12/12/1990
—/—
L
61-72
Tulsa

12/9/2017
—/—
L
54-61
Wichita

12/8/2018
16/—
L
46-47
Tulsa

12/29/2019
—/—
W
69-67
Manhattan

 

LAST MEETING:

K-STATE 69, TULSA 67 (Dec. 29, 2019)

• Senior Makol Mawien’s block of Tulsa’s Elijah Joiner with 1 second left helped preserve K-State’s 69-67 win over the Golden Hurricane at home in the last meeting between the schools on Dec. 29, 2019.

• K-State, which had lost 4 of 5 games in 2019 by single digits, were able to finally close out a tight contest behind the efforts of junior Cartier Diarra (25 points) and senior Xavier Sneed (18 points), who combined for 43 points. Mawien added 9 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks.

HOME SUCCESS UNDER JEROME TANG

• The Wildcats have been impressive at Bramlage Coliseum under head coach Jerome Tang, posting a 42-9 mark with a 21-2 mark in non-conference play. Last season, the team went 10-6 at home (10-5 at Bramlage Coliseum) with losses to LSU, No. 12/11 Houston, Texas Tech, Arizona State and No. 10/10 Iowa State.

HAGGERTY AMONG THE BEST

• Junior P.J. Haggerty is the among the best players to ever transfer to K-State, as he is coming off a career-best year in 2024-25, in which, he became the first Memphis Tiger since 2008 to be named an AP All-American while becoming the first Division I player to average at least 21.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game to go with 6.5 free throws per game since Ja Morant in 2018-19. He is the only Division I player to average at 21 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game in each of the last 2 seasons.

• Haggerty ranked third nationally in both scoring (21.7 ppg.) and total points (759) in 2024-25, while his 759 points were an AAC single-season record and the most since Dajuan Wagner (762) set the school season record in 2001-02.

• Haggerty was a consensus Second Team All-American in his lone season at Memphis, while was just the second Tiger to be named the AAC Player of the Year as well as Most Outstanding Player at the AAC Tournament. He was also a finalist for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year award, the Wooden Award  and the Riley Wallace Award as the most impactful transfer.

• Haggerty, who has also made stops at TCU (2022-23) and Tulsa (2023-24), has scored more than 1,400 points (1,433) in his college career, connecting on 48.4 percent from the field and 79.1 percent from the free throw line. He has scored in double figures in 64 of 72 career games with 25 games of 25 or more points, including two 30-point games and one 40-point game. He scored a career-high 42 points vs. Wichita State on March 14.   

HAGGERTY’S PRESEASON ACCOLADES

2025-26 Jersey Mike’s Naismith College Player of the Year Watch List

2025-26 NABC Preseason Division I Player of the Year Watch List

2025-26 Jay Bilas Preseason First Team All-American

2025-26 @CBB Analytics Preseason First Team All-American

2025-26 CBS Sports Preseason Third Team All-American

2025-26 The Field of 68 Preseason Third Team All-American

2025-26 Preseason All-Big 12 Team (coaches)

2025-26 Jerry West Award Preseason Watch List (one of 20)

HAGGERTY ALSO GREAT AT LINE

• In addition to his scoring prowess, P.J. Haggerty is also great at getting to the free throw line, as he ranked in the top-3 nationally in both free throws made and attempted in the past 2 seasons, including second in attempts (309) and third in makes (237) in 2023-24 while at Tulsa and second in both makes (224) and attempts (274) in 2024-25 while at Memphis.

• Haggerty has made 486 free throws on 614 attempts in the past 3 seasons, averaging nearly 7 makes on nearly 9 attempts in his last 69 games played.

• Last season, Haggerty connected on 81.8 percent from the free throw line with an AAC-best 224 makes on 274 attempts. He went perfect from the line in 6 games, including 14-of-14 vs. Tulane on March 15 in the AAC Tournament. He made 27 straight free throws at one point during the season.

• Haggerty drew 7.9 fouls per 40 minutes as a sophomore at Tulsa in 2023-24, finishing behind only National Player of the Year Zach Edey with 309 free throw attempts, while his 237 free throws were the third-most in the country.

BASHIR GOOD FROM 3

• Junior guard Abdi Bashir Jr. is among the best returning 3-point shooting in the country, as he led the NCAA in 3-point field goals/game (3.85) while he was second in total 3-point field goals (127) and 3-point field goals attempted (332) in 2024-25). He broke both the Monmouth and CAA single-season record for 3-pointers (327).

• Bashir connected on a career-high 10 3-pointers in his 38-point performance against Rutgers on Nov. 18, 2024. The 10 treys tied for the second-most in Monmouth history. He made at least 5 3-pointers in 12 games, while he had 8 triples in back-to-back games vs. Northeastern (2/24/25) and Elon (2/27/25).

• Bashir has made 189 3-point field goals in his 69-game college career on 39 percent shooting, which is nearly 3 made 3-pointers per game.

• As a sophomore, Bashir led Monmouth and the CAA in scoring at 20.1 points per game, while he was 16th in scoring and 25th in total points (663) in the NCAA. He posted five 30-point games, which tied for the most in program history, while he scored 20 or more points in 13 other contests. He scored a career-high 38 points at Rutgers on Nov. 15, 2024, which were the most points scored against the Scarlet Knight since 1977.

• Bashir also had notable performances against Michigan State (20 points), Wichita State (15 points), Stephen F. Austin (30 points), Seton Hall (28 points), Lehigh (22 points), Princeton (26 points) and Auburn (15 points) in 2024-25.

BASHIR ALSO A TWIN

• Junior Abdi Bashir Jr. and his brother Abdul are among 9 sets of twins playing Division I basketball in 2025-26, including one of 3 sets of identical twins (Illinois’ Tomislav and Zvonimir Ivisic and Texas State’s Dimp and Ky Pernell).

• They also one of 3 sets playing at different schools, joining Ethan (Air Force) and Eli (Le Moyne) Greenberg and Tajuan (Seton Hall) and Takai (Oregon) Simpkins.

TWINS PLAYING DIVISION I BASKETBALL

Abdi and Abdul Bashir (K-State, Auburn)

Micah and Marley Curtis (North Dakota)

Cameron and Cayden Boozer (Duke)

Dominykas and Dovydas Butka (Campbell)

Ethan and Eli Greenberg (Air Force, Le Moyne)

Tomislav and Zvonimir Ivisic (Illinois)

Dimp and Ky Pernell (Texas State)

Tajuan and Takai Simpkins (Seton Hall, Oregon)

Donny and MJ Yeager (Oakland)

SPECIAL NIGHT IN THE OPENER

• Junior Nate Johnson nearly made history in his first game in a Wildcat uniform, as he narrowly missed the school’s first recorded triple-double, as he finished with 22 points on 8-of-11 field goals, including 6-of-7 from 3-point range, to go with 9 rebounds and 9 assists in 31 minutes, in the 93-64 win over UNC Greensboro on Nov. 4.

• Johnson’s 6 made 3-pointers are the most by a Wildcat in a season opener, while his 9 assists tie Aaron Swartzendruber vs. Kansas City in 1996 and Larry Reid vs. UTSA in 2000 for the most in an opener. He finished the game with an impressive +47 +/- rating.

• Junior All-American candidate P.J. Haggerty and Johnson became the first duo to go over 20 points in a season opener in nearly 18 years since Michael Beasley and Blake Young went for 32 and 22 points against Sacramento State on Nov. 9, 2007.

• Haggerty’s 27 points, which came on 10-of-20 field goals and 6-of-7 free throws, are ninth-most by a Wildcat in an opener and the most since the aforementioned Beasley, who had 32 points in his first career game.

• Haggerty and Johnson became the first Wildcat duo to post 20-point games since Arthur Kaluma (23) and Cam Carter (21) did it against No. 6/6 Iowa State on March 9, 2024.

• The 93 points equaled the most by a Jerome Tang-team in a season opener (93 vs. UTRGV (11/7/22) and were the most since scoring 98 vs. Southern Utah on Nov. 14, 2014.

• K-State shot just over 50 percent (34-of-67) from the field, including 59.5 percent (22-of-37) in the second half, while hitting on 51.9 percent (14-of-27) from 3-point range. The 14 made 3-pointers tie for the seventh-most in any game and are the most-ever in a season opener.

• The Wildcats scored 60 of their 93 points in the second half, connecting on 59.5 percent from the field and 64.7 percent (11-of-17) from 3-point range. The 60-point second-half marked the 11th time that a Wildcat team has scored 60 or more points in a half and tied for the ninth-most points in any half.

1750 WINS AND COUNTING

• K-State entered the 2025-26 season as one of the winningest programs in Division I history, as the Wildcats have posted a 1,756-1,255 (.583) all-time record which includes 32 NCAA Tournament appearances and 21 conference championships.

• The current 1,759 wins are the 43rd-most in Division I history, including the seventh-most among current Big 12 schools.

SUCCESS IN NON-CONFERENCE PLAY

• K-State has posted a 191-62 (.752) record in non-conference play since the 2006-07 season. During that span, the Wildcats have a 149-18 (.890) mark at home venues (includes games played at Bramlage Coliseum, INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita and the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City) in non-conference play, including a 133-14 (.903) mark at Bramlage Coliseum.

• K-State’s 12-1 non-conference mark in 2022-23 was the best since the 2009-10 team went a program-best 13-1. Last season, the team went 7-6 in non-conference play, including 4-1 in Bramlage Coliseum.

Year

Overall

Home

Bramlage

2006-07

11-4

7-0

7-0

2007-08

10-4

8-1

7-1

2008-09

12-3

11-0

10-0

2009-10

13-1

9-0

8-0

2010-11

12-3

9-1

8-1

2011-12

11-1

7-0

6-0

2012-13

11-2

9-0

8-0

2013-14

10-3

7-1

7-1

2014-15

7-6

6-2

5-2

2015-16

11-2

8-0

8-0

2016-17

11-2

8-0

8-0

2017-18

11-2

8-1

8-0

2018-19

10-3

7-0

6-0

2019-20

7-6

6-2

6-1

2020-21

4-5

4-5

4-5

2021-22

8-5

6-1

6-1

2022-23

12-1

8-0

7-0

2023-24

10-3

8-1

7-1

2024-25

7-6

4-2

4-1

2025-26

3-0

3-0

3-0

Total

191-62

149-18

133-14

TANG ADJUSTS COACHING STAFF

• Head coach Jerome Tang adjusted his coaching staff during the offseason, adding veteran head coach Matthew Driscoll as associate head coach as well as acclaimed player development coach Bill Peterson as an assistant coach and Chase Driscoll as director of video and analytics.

• The winningest coach in both North Florida and Atlantic Sun Conference history during a 16-year stint (2009-25) with the Ospreys, Driscoll joined the staff on May 23. He won 248 games at North Florida, including 144 in ASUN play, while guiding the school to 3 regular-season championships and the league’s tournament championship and a NCAA Tournament bid in 2015.

• Driscoll’s relationship with Tang dates back more than 20 years, as the two coached alongside each other for 6 seasons (2003-09) at Baylor as original members of head coach Scott Drew’s staff.

• Peterson has served in various capacities in the NBA, including the Golden Warriors, Dallas Mavericks and Milwaukee Bucks. He has mentored over 20 NBA players, including Hall of Famers Dirk Nowitzki, Steve Nash and Karl Malone. He also has a combined 10 years of head coaching experience at the NAIA, Division II and G-League levels in his 47-year coaching career. Peterson coached alongside Tang while at Baylor from 2017-22, where they helped guide the Bears to the 2021 NCAA Championship.

• Chase Driscoll joined the staff on May 13 after serving as an assistant coach and director of operations for his father, Matthew, at North Florida.

BAYLOR NORTH

• With the additions of associate head coach Matthew Driscoll and assistant coach Bill Peterson, Jerome Tang tapped into his coaching history, as all three were on staff at Baylor. Tang and Driscoll were part of Scott Drew’s first staff from 2003-09, while Tang and Peterson helped the Bears to the 2021 NCAA title while together on staff from 2017-22.
• Driscoll and Peterson aren’t the only K-State staffers with Baylor ties, as director of player development Austin Carpenter was a graduate assistant for Tang with the Bears from 2020-22, while current graduate assistants Henry Dugat and Mark Vital Jr. are among the best players in Baylor history.

• Dugat is one of five players known as “The Foundation” that was inducted into the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame in 2021. He was part of Drew’s first two recruiting classes that led to Bears’ historic turnaround. He still ranks in the top 20 all-time in program history with 1,229 career points.

• Vital was a 3-time All-Big 12 selection and a member of Baylor’s 2021 National Championship team, playing in 126 games with 105 starts.

‘CATS PICKED 9TH IN BIG 12 POLL; HAGGERTY NAMED TO ALL-BIG 12 TEAM

• K-State was picked ninth in the 16-team Big 12 preseason poll, while junior transfer P.J. Haggerty was one of 10 selections to the Preseason All-Big 12 by the league coaches.

• The Wildcats totaled 117 points in the preseason poll, just 3 points behind eighth-place Cincinnati and 27 points ahead of 10th-place TCU.

• Reigning regular-season and tournament champion Houston was selected first with 224 points and 14 of the 16 first-place votes followed by second-place BYU (204 points, one first-place vote) and third-place Texas Tech (200 points). The rest of the top-7 included Arizona (179 points, one first-place vote), Iowa State (170), Kansas (163) and Baylor (137).

• The rest of the preseason poll included eighth-place Cincinnati (120) followed by K-State, TCU, West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Utah, UCF, Colorado and Arizona State.

• Haggerty’s selection marks the second straight year that a Wildcat has been named to the preseason all-conference team (Coleman Hawkins, 2024) by the league coaches. He is one of nine players in school history to be chosen for preseason all-conference honors dating to Manny Dies in 1998-99. Others include Jacob Pullen and Curtis Kelly in 2010-11, Rodney McGruder in 2012-13 and Marcus Foster in 2014-15 and Barry Brown Jr. and Dean Wade in 2018-19.

WHAT’S BACK FOR K-STATE

• Jones played in all 33 games with 9 starts in his first season in 2024-25 after starting his college career at UIC where he played in 62 games from 2022-24. He averaged 5.7 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 18.9 minutes per game.

• Castillo played in 32 games as a true freshman in 2024-25, averaging 2.4 points, 0.6 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 10 minutes per game.

• Ikegwuruka played in 24 games as a sophomore, scoring in 15 games.

• Manning has seen action in 22 games with a start in his K-State playing career, which dates back to the 2022-23 season.

WHAT’S NEW FOR K-STATE

• Bashir was the top 3-point shooter in the nation at 3.85 per game as a sophomore at Monmouth in 2024-25, where he was a First Team All-CAA selection.

• Haggerty was a consensus Second Team All-American at Memphis last season, where he ranked third nationally in scoring at 21.7 ppg.

• Johnson has scored more than 1,900 points in his college career, including more than 1,600 points at the Division I and II ranks at Wheeling and Bowling Green.

• Johnson transferred after 3 seasons at Akron where he became the first Zip to be named both the MAC Player and Defensive Player of the Year in 2024-25.

• McGriff was part of 99 wins in 4 seasons at UNC Wilmington, where he developed into the CAA’s Top Six man and was named to the All-CAA Tournament team.

• Buca is one of the tallest players in school history at 7-foot-2, playing for Akern Libertas Livorno in 2024-25 in the Italian Series A2.

• Kostic was a member of the Serbian U18 and U19 National Teams, winning gold at the 2023 European U18 Championship. He grew in the KK Crvena Zvezda club team.

• Osei played at Casper College in 2024-25, where he scored in 15 of 26 games with 3 20-point games and 7 double-doubles.

• Rapieque was a member of the German U18 and U20 National Teams, playing at the 2023 and 2024 European U20 Championships. He grew in the ALBA Berlin club team.

• Wilson scored more than 1,700 career points in his prep career at Tolton Catholic High School in Columbia, Mo., which ranks second behind only Michael Porter Jr.

FIVE INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS

• Buca (Perugia, Italy), Kostic (Belgrade, Serbia) and Rapieque (Berlin, Germany) are the first Wildcat players from their respective countries.

RECAPPING LAST SEASON

• During a roller coaster of a season that included a 6-game losing streak followed by a 6-game winning streak, K-State could not overcome an up-and-down non-conference season, as the Wildcats finished with a 16-17 overall record, including a tie for ninth place with TCU in the new-look 16-team Big 12 with a 9-11 mark.

• Among the 16 wins were 10 over teams that advanced to the postseason (3 NCAA Tournament, 1 NIT and 6 College Basketball Crown), including ranked wins over No. 3/3 Iowa State, No. 16/17 Cincinnati, No. 16/17 Kansas and No. 23/23 West Virginia.

• K-State won 6 of its first 8 games before losing its last 3 non-conference games (at St. John’s, Drake and Wichita State) to enter Big 12 play with a 6-5 record. After a 70-67 win over No. 16/17 Cincinnati in the Big 12 opener, the Wildcats lost their next 6 league games (at TCU, at Oklahoma State, No. 12/11 Houston, Texas Tech, at No. 9/10 Kansas and at Baylor). After an impressive win over No. 23/23 West Virginia, the team rattled off 5 more victories, including an 80-61 win at No. 3/3 Iowa State and back-to-back home wins over No. 16/17 Kansas and No. 13/13 Arizona. However, the Wildcats couldn’t keep the momentum going with 4 straight losses (at BYU and Utah, Arizona State and at UCF). The team won 3 of their last 4 before falling to Baylor at the Big 12 Championship.

• Seniors Coleman Hawkins and David N’Guessan were both lauded for their outstanding seasons, as Hawkins was named to the All-Big 12 Third Team while N’Guessan was selected to the Honorable Mention team.

• Hawkins was the only Division I player in the country to average at least 10 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.0 blocks per game.  The Wildcats’ leading scorer (13.3 ppg.) and rebounder (7.2 rpg.), N’Guessan led the Big 12 with a 64.4 field goal percentage while ranking in the league’s top 20 in both scoring and rebounding.

HARTMAN TO BE INDUCTED INTO NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME

• Legendary head coach Jack Hartman, who won a school-record 295 games during his illustrious 16-year tenure from 1970-86, will be among eight individuals who will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2024.

• Hartman was the only head coach in the eight-man induction class, which included Dave Meyers (UCLA), Sihugo Green (Duquesne), Lennie Rosenbluth (North Carolina), Wayne Estes (Utah State), Sam Lacey (New Mexico State), John Rudometkin (USC) and Tom Stith (St. Bonaventure).

• Hartman won nearly 600 games in his legendary career, which included stints at Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College from 1955-62 and Southern Illinois from 1962-70. He won a NJCAA national championship at Coffeyville in 1961-62, going a perfect 32-0, while he led the Salukis to the 1967 NIT Championship with a 24-2 record.

• Hartman led K-State to a 295-169 (.636) record, 3 Big Eight regular-season conference titles (1971-72, 1972-73, 1976-77), 2 Big Eight Tournament championships (1977, 1980) and 9 postseason appearances (7 NCAA Tournaments) during his 16 seasons as head coach.

• Hartman saw the Wildcats post 20 or more wins 7 times, including 24 wins in both 1976-77 and 1980-81. He also guided the Wildcats to the NCAA Tournament 7 times (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982), including 4 trips (1972, 1973, 1975, 1981) to the Elite Eight.

• Hartman is the sixth person with K-State to be named to the Hall of Fame, including the fourth men’s basketball head coach following Jack Gardner (2006), Tex Winter (2010) and his former player Lon Kruger (2022). In addition, former Wildcat players Rolando Blackman (2015) and Bob Boozer (2016) have also been elected to the Hall of Fame.